Comment on Far to many people think that Jesus from the Bible was light skinned, even though he grew up in what we call the Middle East.

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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

That’s a ridiculous claim.

Here’s a picture of Jesus’ baptism from Normandy, painted in 1185.

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Plenty of others here: smarthistory.org/standard-scenes-from-the-life-of…

Europeans tended to paint Jesus as white because they didn’t understand there were no photos or movies or TV around, so someone in Norman France didn’t know there was an alternative possibility.

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